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Montreal-area ambulance paramedics announce strike; say medical care to be maintained
MONTREAL - The union representing ambulance paramedics in the Montreal and Laval areas says just over 1,000 of its members will be on strike as of midnight. Union spokeswoman Eve-Marie Lacasse says th...
Jun 13, 2021
After G-7, Biden says he’s reestablishing US credibility
NEWQUAY, England (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday said the United States had restored its presence on the world stage as he used his first overseas trip since taking office to connect with a new g...
Jun 13, 2021
'No such thing as impossible:' Nunavut MP reflects on time in Parliament
Sitting in her Ottawa apartment on a hot morning, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq thinks about her grandparents, who, like most Nunavut Inuit of their generation, grew up on the land. She thinks about her father, who...
Jun 13, 2021
Israel swears in new coalition, ending Netanyahu's long rule
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament on Sunday narrowly approved a new coalition government, ending the historic 12-year rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sending the polarizing leader int...
Jun 13, 2021
Advocates call for more rights for migrant workers amid deaths on the job
It's dawn in Batangas, a city more than a hundred kilometres north of the Philippine capital city of Manila, when Eric Gutierrez recalls memories of his college best friend Efren Reyes. Reyes was smar...
Jun 13, 2021
Indigenous child-welfare battle heads to court despite calls for Ottawa to drop cases
Ottawa's controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded childcare system heads to Federal Court Monday, despi...
Jun 13, 2021
Canada donating 13M surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses to poor countries
CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged 13 million surplus vaccines to help the world get immunized against COVID-19 as he and other G7 leaders wrapped up a weekend summit i...
Jun 13, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 13, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 398,766 new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,624,871...
Jun 12, 2021
Alberta launches COVID vaccine lottery with million-dollar prizes to encourage uptake
EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a multimillion-dollar lottery in a bid to encourage more residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Jason Kenney unveiled some details of the "Open for Summer Vaccine...
Jun 12, 2021
Quebec, Ottawa name facilitator to help communities with residential school searches
MONTREAL - The Quebec and federal governments unveiled plans on Saturday a central place for the province's Indigenous communities to go for support over former residential schools, easing concerns th...
Jun 12, 2021
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